Burke's Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1911 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina viii
... Stamp Act of 1765 and the Tea Duty of 1767. The fact that the Stamp Duty was a tax imposed for purposes of revenue , as distinct from the regulation of trade , is clearly insufficient to explain the altered demeanour of the colonists ...
... Stamp Act of 1765 and the Tea Duty of 1767. The fact that the Stamp Duty was a tax imposed for purposes of revenue , as distinct from the regulation of trade , is clearly insufficient to explain the altered demeanour of the colonists ...
Pagina x
... Stamp Act , which had similarly given rise to treasonable disturbances , had been immediately followed by a renewal of loyalty and tranquillity . As for the pedantry which insisted , in the face of every counsel of prudence and ...
... Stamp Act , which had similarly given rise to treasonable disturbances , had been immediately followed by a renewal of loyalty and tranquillity . As for the pedantry which insisted , in the face of every counsel of prudence and ...
Pagina 4
... Stamp Act in the year 1766 , I affirm , first , that the Americans did not in conse- quence of this measure call upon you to give up the former parliamentary revenue which subsisted in that country , or even any one of the articles ...
... Stamp Act in the year 1766 , I affirm , first , that the Americans did not in conse- quence of this measure call upon you to give up the former parliamentary revenue which subsisted in that country , or even any one of the articles ...
Pagina 5
... Stamp Act , why do you venture to repeal the duties upon glass , paper , and painters ' colours ? Let your pretence for the repeal be what it will , are you not thoroughly convinced that your concessions will produce not satisfaction ...
... Stamp Act , why do you venture to repeal the duties upon glass , paper , and painters ' colours ? Let your pretence for the repeal be what it will , are you not thoroughly convinced that your concessions will produce not satisfaction ...
Pagina 31
... Stamp Act , that both of the duties came very short of their ideas of American taxation . Great was the applause of this measure here . In England we cried out for new taxes on America , whilst they cried out that they were nearly ...
... Stamp Act , that both of the duties came very short of their ideas of American taxation . Great was the applause of this measure here . In England we cried out for new taxes on America , whilst they cried out that they were nearly ...
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